What is ABA anyway?
ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. Applied Behavior Analysis is based on the science of behaviorism. It is data driven and proven to be effective in changing behaviors globally!
— ABA International
Behavior analysis is a natural science that seeks to understand the behavior of individuals.
We focus on the environment to understand and analyze behavior by examining what happens around the individual who exhibits the behavior. This may include looking at what happens before or after the behavior, directly observing the behavior, or interviewing people who have directly observed the behavior. From there, we develop interventions and strategies to change the contingencies revolving around a certain behavior or set of behaviors.
You will be working with a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, or BCBA, who will develop a treatment plan and skill implementation strategies and a Registered Behavior Technician, or RBT, to help deliver the therapy in various settings.
Our ABC’s of ABA
Specific provider specializations
Identifying Functions of Behavior
Identifying the function of a behavior means figuring out exactly why a behavior could be occurring. Commonly know as the ABC approach, we look at what happens before (antecedents), during (the behavior itself) and after the behavior (consequence).
Natural Environment Teaching
We are big on making sure skills we teach are applicable and generalize to everyday life. By using naturalist environment teaching, or NET, the method helps to ensure that we are teaching the most significant skills at the best time they should be happening.
Reinforcement
Simply put, reinforcement is anything that increases a behavior. Reinforcement happens to everyone! It is an activity or item that will encourage a certain behavior to continue to happen in the future. Whether that be encouragement or
Behavioral Skills Training
Behavioral skills training is a way to work on adaptive living skills very easily. With this teaching method, we focus on a teaching procedure that includes modeling and feedback of tasks and skills.